Wednesday was the opening bureaucratic day of the fashion week and pop celebrity turned trendy Gwen Stefani wowed the critics with her 2008 Spring L.A.M.B. collection. Stefani and her stylist Andrea Lieberman won over the critics with a mix of retro and modern designs. Stefani was inspired by a combination of Jamaican rastafarians, English school girls and Orange County, Calif., teens.
As for the upcoming spring looks, Stefani says she was also influenced by the whirlwind life she has led over the past year as a new mother traveling the globe. "Fashion is art, it's always affected by circumstance. . . . The last collection when I was pregnant, I was totally affected by my weird body." The collection, which was showcased at the Bryant Park tents got Stefani a standing ovation from rapper Eve, P.Diddy and actress Sophia Bush. Also in the audience was Stefani’s hubby Gavin Rosedale with their son Kingston.